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JAMES B. CRANE, OF DALTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 65,879, rluierl June 18, 1867. t

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE 01:" BEL'IING.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES B. GnANE, of Dalton, Berkshire county, Ooi'nmonwcalth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belting; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full and exact description thereof.

This invention consists of forming belts for machinery of a material which shall be for cheaper than that now used, and at the same time is fully equal in strength and durability to the purposes demanded of it.

'lo accomplish this I formthe belts in the follon'ing manner: From sheets of paper of the proper thickness for the bolts to be made I cut, by means of machinery made for the purpose or by hand, stripsol' the proper width and length. The paper from which these strips are cut is formed in the very toughest and hardestinunncr, the stock used being peculiarly adapted 'to the purpase, and is when se'forlncd equally or nearly equally as strong as leather. The machinery from which the paper is turned out can alsohe made so as to turn out strips of the proper width and thickness for various sizes of belts. If desired, sheets or strips of paper may he placed on each side of sheets or strips of cloth or canvas and the whole formed together in a solid belting material. This is to give extra strength to the belts, although in ordinary cases I find the paper I use of sufii eient strength and wear to fully answer the purpose. Small strips of this same material form excellent laeinge.

for belts, and can bc-used for this purpose either in connection with my belts or irith the ordii'iary belt now used 3 in machinery. In some cases, where unusual strength and hardness are required, I run the same strip of stock around the rolls and back to the start, doubling the thickness as many times as is desired. When the strip has thus accumulated the proper thickness it is detached from the feeding stock and allon'ed to run on the rolls until the moisture is nearly all pressed out. In this manner I also pr duce an endless belt, which can be taken oil the rolls by unshipping, the latter, leaving the belt entl're.

In this manner I obtain a cheap substitute for the expensive materials ordinarily used in the manufacture of belts, equally accomplishing the work done by them and effecting a great item of economy in the expenses of machinery.

New, having describcd lny invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-. 1. As a new article of manufacture, a bclt for machinery formed of paper with or without cloth, substantially as herein shown and set forth.

2. The use of paper for belt-lacing, when formed substantially as herein described JAMES B. GRANEt Witnesses:

EDWARD H. HYDE, J. B. GARDINER. 

